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FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
758 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2008

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758 PM PDT TUE AUG 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A

* SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  OKANOGAN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...

* UNTIL 745 AM PDT WEDNESDAY

* LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED MINOR STREET AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING OVER OKANOGAN COUNTY.

PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LAST 6 TO 8 HOURS HAVE
PRODUCED LOCAL RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH. THIS HAS ALLOWED
THE GROUND TO BECOME SATURATED IN SOME SMALL STREAM BASINS
ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE OKANOGAN VALLEY. MORE LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 4900 11885 4795 11885 4795 11886 4795 11898
      4802 11895 4815 11912 4811 11932 4804 11937
      4808 11951 4799 11964 4803 11969 4808 11967
      4810 11977 4804 11990 4796 11988 4796 12006
      4805 12013 4815 12034 4828 12049 4901 12059

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MJF